The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-10-06
BY REGIMENTS.
Eagle Brisade-Regimental and Brigade Reunions
During Eneampment Meek.

Eagle Brisade-Regimental and Brigade Reunions
During Eneampment Week.
About 400 survivors of the Eagle Brigade
held Reunion at the Planters House. Col.
VIM. S. Stewart, of st. Louis, was Master of
Ceremonies, and Capt. Kendall, DR.. Hawley,
Capt. Stewart and Capt Hegel, of the 18th No.;
Mai. Harlow, COL Britton, Capt. George Puter-
baugh. Lieut.. Murrell, of the 47th ILL.,. aud
Capt. III. NJ. Norman, of the I'd Iowa battery !;
Lieut. Ellsworth and III. Weiser, of the Sth Wis,
made speeches. The meeting was full of en-
thusiasm. "Sherman's March to the Sea " was
sung, and after all the speechmaking, the
veterans sang the loDg-meter doxOlogy.
47TH ILLINOIS.
The survivors of the 47th Ill held pleasant
Reunion and renewed old acquaintance.
10TH OHIO cav.
The headquarters Of the 10th Ohio Cav was
at the Ohio State Headquarters. But seven
members reported. They held Reunion and
had a very pleasant time.
BOTH MISSOURI.
The members of the 3Oth Mo- were given q
complimentary dinner by Mic Kour, at their
Headquarters on Eleventh street and Clark
avenue. Cos. A, III and X were represented at
the dinner by Judge John Dillon, Co. A !; Capt.
g. l.. Oertel. Co. X, Downs, Kan, and Capt.
Collins, Co. III, Sedsla.
CO. ID, 18th ILLINOIS.
Co. d, I4th ILL.,, was represented at the Re-
union by Il. A. Wiener, Second-Lieutenant {;
J. N. Milton. Sergeant; three Barton brothers
and James Kidd.
18th ILLINOIS.
The headquarters of this regiment, AT Pine
street, WAS thronged by the influx Of new ar
rivals l05 being present. They hailed from
nearly all the States in the Union, indicating
the scattering power of the hand of peace.
Among the new arrivals were the following
officers: Col. @. ]. Davis, of Hollidaysburg,
Pa, Quartermaster: Capt. w. ID. +. Andrus, Co.
ID. Rockford, ILL.,; Capt. s. ID. Atkins, Co. A.
FreepOrt, ILL.,; Maj. Geo. G. Mckee, Co. e,
jackson, Miss, and Capt. o. IngersOll, Co. A,
Arkansas City, Ark, who was the last Cap
tain OF the company.
NAVAL VETERANS.
The naval veterans held an adjourned meet
| ing at the hall of Frank =. Blair Post, No 1,
corner Of Olive and Seventeenth streets, to
form u local organization.
STH WISCONSIN.
This regiment was well represented. and had
among its members several prominent men.
nth AND both ILLINOIS AND 4SrH OHIO.
A Reunion of the nth and 130th Ill. and 18th
| Ohio was held at Frank Blair Post. The meet
ing was called TO order by Capt. j. III. Robinson,
of the 130th. Cairo, ILL.,, and Maj. McCulioch
WAS elected Cnairinani anu CdpI frank farker,
of the l3Oth. acted as Secretary. Maj. j. w.
Wilkes, of the 130th, Danville, ILL.,, made the
speech of the afternoon, in which he paid high
| tribute to the memory of Douglas. Lincoln and
Grant Lieut.. c. S. Creepy. Co. III, 10th, made
q brief speech, reviewing the troubOus times
through which Missouri had passed, and char
acterizing Gen. Frank p. Blair as the savior
| Of st. Louis" Capt j. III. Robinson, Co. C.
4 l30th, was called for and spoke briefly
after having been given the alternative Of
whistling tune, singing q song or making q
speech. Serg't Murdoch. of the l30th, ex-
| planned that he was the leader of five who
had accumulated certain bee hives in a man
ner not laid down in the Revised Statutes, on
one occasion. and he wished the 45th Ohio boys
to shoulder the blame no longer. He was fol-
] lowed by eomrade who had served as Quar-
termaster to the boys during Is months i'm
prisonment at Camp Ford. Tyler, Tex, who
gave a graphic account of their prison life
summing mp the history Of their privations in
the statement that it was Andersonyille but
not on so grand a scale. After several members
had spoken. the 18th. 45th and l30th formed in
4 line and were counted, showing three of the
| 4Sth Ohio, 81 of the 10th, and 55 of the 77th
II rSl.